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Can The U.S. Use Its Growing Supply Of Rapid Tests To Stop The Virus?

Some public health experts hope the growing availability of faster, cheaper tests could lead to a new strategy of widespread testing — one that could finally get the pandemic under control. (Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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‘A Family Affair’: Others Often Chip In To Help Pay Off Student Loans

Student debt doesn’t only affect the person who goes to college. Nearly 40% of student loan payers are helping someone else pay off their student loans, a new study found. (Image credit: Sengchoy Inthachack/Getty Images/EyeEm)

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Post Office Worries Could Push Voters Back To Polling Places – NPR

Post Office Worries Could Push Voters Back To Polling Places  NPR Tuesday’s Debate Made Clear the Gravest Threat to the Election: The President Himself  The New York Times Cuomo’s office reportedly pushing against sending new ballots after voters received mismarked envelopes  Fox News

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Edelstein says coronavirus czar Gamzu should stick around, as early exit mulled

Health minister refuses to be drawn on possible replacements to lead anti-pandemic efforts, with reports indicating incumbent will quit after clashes with Netanyahu

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Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Accuses Putin of Ordering Novichok Poisoning

(BERLIN) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in comments released Thursday. Navalny’s supporters have frequently maintained

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Tech firm blamed for Yom Kippur outage that left homebound US worshipers in dark

Shul Cloud, the biggest name in online Jewish worship, admits mistakes after system failed to deliver online prayer services for synagogues on ‘biggest day of year’

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Berlin film fest casts new light on its founder’s hidden Nazi past

The Berlinale, one of Europe’s top cinema showcases, says Alfred Bauer, who ran the festival for its first 25 years, was a high-ranking Nazi propagandist during WWII

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Ukraine marks 79th anniversary of Babi Yar massacre of Jews

‘A black page was inscribed in the common past of the Ukrainian and Jewish people,’ President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says of 1941 slaughter in Kyiv ravine by SS troops and locals

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Cazoo, the UK used car sales portal, raises another $311M, now valued at over $2.5B

A lot of people are opting to use cars instead of taking public transportation in the UK at the moment, as a way of ensuring more social distancing, and today one of the startups that’s built a more efficient way

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Alexei Navalny says Putin was behind novichok poisoning

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has alleged that Vladimir Putin was behind the poisoning attack that left him fighting for his life.

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